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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 15, 2020 19:16:38 GMT -7
Welcome to the 80's the Tie game between Artesia and Lovington. Some 1st half action then the ending of the game.
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Post by Rapid on Jun 15, 2020 19:37:48 GMT -7
Welcome to the 80's the Tie game between Artesia and Lovington. Some 1st half action then the ending of the game. I went to this game, I remember Artesia beat Lovington in district play Both team were pretty good football team.
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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 15, 2020 20:28:54 GMT -7
That's interesting Rapid, not sure I knew that. Was that game played in Artesia ?
I remember going to this game, mom drive me to highway 360 where I meet my dad getting off work and headed that way.
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Post by BigDaddyCool on Jun 15, 2020 21:04:17 GMT -7
Welcome to the 80's the Tie game between Artesia and Lovington. Some 1st half action then the ending of the game. Good looking cheerleaders from back in the day...
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Post by Rapid on Jun 16, 2020 5:09:12 GMT -7
That's interesting Rapid, not sure I knew that. Was that game played in Artesia ? I remember going to this game, mom drive me to highway 360 where I meet my dad getting off work and headed that way. Yes, the game was played in bulldog bowl. The game was played early in the season, Artesia beat Lovington 27-6
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Post by Rapid on Jun 16, 2020 5:37:39 GMT -7
Welcome to the 80's the Tie game between Artesia and Lovington. Some 1st half action then the ending of the game. Good looking cheerleaders from back in the day... Little article about the 1987 State game Artesia Bulldogs vs Lovington Wildcats If a tie game is like kissing your sister, then a tie game when the state championship is on the line must be like kissing your sister when she's had a bad day. The Artesia Bulldogs and Lovington Wildcats kissed each other up and down the field for four quarters Saturday in Lovington, with the 1987 Class AAA State football title at stake. when the clock has ticked itself off, the teams found themselves mired in a 0-0 and co-winners of the state title. New Mexico Activities Association rules specify than any state championship game ending in a tie does not go into overtime. The teams are declared co-champions. An announcement of that fact in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game brought a chorus of boos from fans from both teams. On the field after the game, the teams took turns being presented with the long first-place trophy. Neither team appeared to be excited by the situation, and there wasn't much whooping or hollering by either squad. There was a lot of grimacing going on. ''I thought it would be low-scoring the whole game, but I didn't expect this,'' admitted Artesia Coach T.W. Harvey. ''You'd like to win, you know, but if you don't win, the next best thing is a tie. Of Course, we'd rather win, and I'm sure Lovington would, too. They played a super ball game.''
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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 16, 2020 8:07:28 GMT -7
That's interesting Rapid, not sure I knew that. Was that game played in Artesia ? I remember going to this game, mom drive me to highway 360 where I meet my dad getting off work and headed that way. Yes, the game was played in bulldog bowl. The game was played early in the season, Artesia beat Lovington 27-6 ah ok, makes sense why Lovington was little more happy with a tie I guess.
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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 16, 2020 12:22:15 GMT -7
[/quote]Good looking cheerleaders from back in the day... [/quote]
BDC that's probably someone's grandma today lol
My uncle Jimmy is one of the coaches, 2nd guy on the right with glasses. I remember me and little jimmy going into the locker room a time or two with all the players in there, we thought we were hanging out with some big time stars then. Cool to see the old locker room too.
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Post by Mr. Pitch on Jun 16, 2020 15:49:59 GMT -7
Not to be morbid, and I won't say his name out of respect but I remember one of the men in town who was a great Bulldog fan passed away during pregame of an apparent heart attack. This was one of those days where nothing went right for Artesia and Lovington played really well. And there are some hosses in white jerseys. Too many to count. Really in my recollection one of the speedier teams Artesia fielded back then. There have been some extremely fast kids play in Artesia. This team had a couple of those kids that could really burn it up and then several kids that could really run but maybe a step behind the fastest. These kids were freshmen my senior year and I'm not sure we could have beaten them in the sprint relay had we raced. Anyway, we had fun watching them while we were in high school and they were in JH.
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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 16, 2020 18:22:36 GMT -7
Pitch that was you're dad 2nd title for Artesia right as the Head Coach?
Do you recall how he felt about the tie, I'd love to know what his thoughts were if you care to share, if not no worries.
I see their was a tie co-champs game in 1984 animas and tularosa, then 1973 cloudcroft and vaughn smaller schools. This game was historic, 87 was the last time it happened, so was the uproar from this game pretty big that if forced rule changes?
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Post by Bulldog in Black on Jun 16, 2020 23:51:49 GMT -7
Pitch that was you're dad 2nd title for Artesia right as the Head Coach? Do you recall how he felt about the tie, I'd love to know what his thoughts were if you care to share, if not no worries. I see their was a tie co-champs game in 1984 animas and tularosa, then 1973 cloudcroft and vaughn smaller schools. This game was historic, 87 was the last time it happened, so was the uproar from this game pretty big that if forced rule changes?
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Post by 80s Dog on Jun 17, 2020 0:05:54 GMT -7
Pitch that was you're dad 2nd title for Artesia right as the Head Coach? Do you recall how he felt about the tie, I'd love to know what his thoughts were if you care to share, if not no worries. I see their was a tie co-champs game in 1984 animas and tularosa, then 1973 cloudcroft and vaughn smaller schools. This game was historic, 87 was the last time it happened, so was the uproar from this game pretty big that if forced rule changes? That was a hard one to swallow, I m just glad it wasn’t a loss. We did spank them in district earlier in the year we just played flat for some odd reason. I think they filled up the box to stop McPherson and our passing game couldn’t get going. I played in the secondary and we just hung on for dear life. TW flipped a coin in loco hills with their coach Brown and they had the lunch, hence we played our only game ever in the daytime, I think it would have been different at 730pm at the bowl in our black unis with orange helmets. I’m just glad the last game I played in the Bulldog Bowl and the last game that the great Coach TW Harvey coached at the bowl, was a come from behind by 2 touchdowns at halftime to Beat Bloomfield in the quarter finals. That was a great memory
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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 17, 2020 12:31:16 GMT -7
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Post by Mr. Pitch on Jun 17, 2020 13:15:52 GMT -7
Pitch that was you're dad 2nd title for Artesia right as the Head Coach? Do you recall how he felt about the tie, I'd love to know what his thoughts were if you care to share, if not no worries. I see their was a tie co-champs game in 1984 animas and tularosa, then 1973 cloudcroft and vaughn smaller schools. This game was historic, 87 was the last time it happened, so was the uproar from this game pretty big that if forced rule changes? Orange, you know, I don't really know. My dad wasn't one to dwell on such things. He loved that team though. I'm sure he took responsibility for them having to share a title. Artesia was the better team. That game was strange. I know that Coach Brown was misquoted in the paper as saying, "We should have won." My dad called him and told him "If you should have won then why didn't you?" Also told him that he felt the same way but he wasn't going to say that to a reporter. Coach Brown denied wording anything that way, which is likely because Coach Brown was a high character first rate person. I think it turned out to be a no harm done deal with no hard feelings. I'm sure both coaches would have preferred to settle it and have 1 winner. What I really know is that my dad stayed in touch with several members of that team till he died in 2010. They were special to him. One player in particular that he loved off of that team spoke at my dad's funeral. In the end I think that was a great team with a special coaching staff. I think everyone involved felt like they let the community and each other down. Of course you know, nothing could be further from the truth. Thanks for posting that game.
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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 17, 2020 14:13:02 GMT -7
Thanks for the perspective Pitch and 80s dog, the more I thought about this game the more it intrigued me. This should go down as the last co-title football championship game in New Mexico History. Just unbelievable it was 0-0 too, not 7-7 or 14-14 you know. Always heard good things about you're dad too from former players and coaches, my uncle as well, guys loved to play for him and would go through a brick wall for him if he asked them too, he is definitely a big part of the Bulldog Tradition and Foundation.
Rick said he might have some input on this game too, he was jogging his memory first though lol.
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Post by Charliedog on Jun 18, 2020 7:52:25 GMT -7
I can add that any Coach that was fortunate to Coach with Coach Harvey would also go through that brick wall. The thing I will always regret is getting out of Coaching to go into oilfield and not being able to Coach on Coach Harvey's staff. I keep saying I will write a book someday about him. Maybe now is the time.
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Post by Charliedog on Jun 18, 2020 7:54:55 GMT -7
Quick Coach Harvey story. The very first time I was in the booth and was on the D phones with Coach Harvey, I got excited after a big INT and turnover. Coach Harvey very calmly said "I don't need you to be yelling at officials or being a cheerleader in the booth, I need you to feed me information on what you see and what you think we need to do" To this day I will watch a game and still analyze it without getting excited.
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Post by Agent Orange on Jun 20, 2020 8:43:37 GMT -7
1983 State Title Game, Artesia vs Portales. Head Coach Mike Phipps 7th and final State Title before moving into Administration at Artesia Public Schools. Bulldogs win 22-8
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Post by Rick on Jun 20, 2020 14:41:14 GMT -7
I remember that one. Didn't Artesia win a coin toss to get to play the Rams in the Bowl? And that playoff game at Moriarty that year was the coldest Bulldog game I ever shot from the sidelines.
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Post by Charliedog on Jun 22, 2020 7:08:59 GMT -7
Rick lights exploding from the sleet, single wing getting stuffed, overnight in Vaughn. Yep it was cold
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